Cricket 1887

120 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y i 2 , 188?. F irs t County Match o f the Season. K E N N I N G T O N OVAL , M o n d a y , M a y 1 6 , SURREY v. H/ui i S A d m is s io n t o G r o u n d - - SIXPE Thursday, May 19 — S u r r e y v . W a r w ic k s h ir e . CRICKET SHIRTS. T h e "C L U B .” Shirt, sp ecially prepared doarse W H IT E CAN VAS w ith colla r and p o ck e t ............................. ............................. 4 /0 F lan n el Shirts, tw ice shrunk, w ith colla r and p ock et ............................. 5 /6 do. b est Saxony F la n n e l.................1 0 /6 W orsted T w ill Shirts, w ith or w ith ou t Silk Collars .............................. 12/6 Carriage Paid toanypart of the United Kingdom. N o t i c e . — G entlem en are ca u tion ed again st buying so called U n shrinkable F lannels, bu t as in all ca ses our m a teria ls are shrunk tw ice in w ater b efore bein g m ade up, th ey w ill b e fou n d in a fter w ear to shrink very little if at all. 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Kemp, though they did not get many runs, both showed very promising form. H. Bryant kept wicket decidedly well, and the fielding was above the average. The piece of fielding by Kemp, which run out ~W. G., was very brilliant, and a very good running catch by Halford at long-leg was notice­ able. Of Ithe bowlers, Birch (fast round) certainly showed up the best, and Ash